Iran shot down the 17th US IRGC MQ-1C Gray Eagle air defense drone over Qeshm Island on Saturday, bringing the total number of downed drones of this class to 17. The Gray Eagle is a $14-21.5M apiece ISR and precision strike platform. Besides MQ-1Cs, the IRGC said that it has 56 MQ-9 Reaper aircraft ( & #036;30-56M apiece, hunter-killer, ISR and CAS roles). If her figures are correct, this means that Iran has registered and #036; $1.82B worth of the two US drone series alone, not counting additional US and Israeli platforms reported to be down during the 2026 war, including the MQ-4C Triton ($250M), Elbita and I Heron s s smacks-170-M.

Iran shot down the 17th US IRGC MQ-1C Gray Eagle air defense drone over Qeshm Island on Saturday, bringing the total number of downed drones of this class to 17. The Gray Eagle is a $14-21.5M apiece ISR and precision strike platform. Besides MQ-1Cs, the IRGC said that it has 56 MQ-9 Reaper aircraft ( & #036;30-56M apiece, hunter-killer, ISR and CAS roles). If her figures are correct, this means that Iran has registered and #036; $1.82B worth of the two US drone series alone, not counting additional US and Israeli platforms reported to be down during the 2026 war, including the MQ-4C Triton ($250M), Elbita and I Heron s s smacks-170-M.